BACK TO YOU.

>> IT'S ONE THING TO RECYCLE

ALUMINUM CANS OR PAPER BUT WHAT

ABOUT CARPETING?

ILLINOIS' CONSIDERING A PROPOSAL

TO FACILITATE THAT BUT THE

EFFORT HAS WALL TO WALL

COMPLICATIONS.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US WITH

MORE.

>> AS SOMEBODY WHO SPENT

COUNTLESS HOURS ON THE GORGEOUS

BUT VERY HARD MARBLE FLOORS AT

THE ILLINOIS STATE CAPITOL I

APPRECIATE A NICE LUSH CARPET.

BEYOND THAT AND I SUPPOSE

ADMIRING A STYLISH FLOOR I HAVE

NOT THOUGHT MUCH ABOUT WHAT

CARPETS ARE MADE OF.

MIKE GRADY THE LOBBIEST FOR

PARTNERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL

RESPONSIBILITY HE HAS.

>> THEY ARE MADE OF PLASTIC.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF POLYMERS.

YOU HAVE YOUR ALL THE FINERS AND

EVERYTHING ARE ULTIMATELY MADE

OF PLASTIC.

>> WHEN IT'S THE END OF THE ROAD

FOR A RUG, 99% OF THE TIME THEY

GO TO A LANDFILL.

BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT

WAY.

COMPANIES HAVE DEVELOPED METHODS

TO PROCESS OLD CARPETING

GRINDING IT DOWN TO A PULP SO IT

CAN BE RESTORED TO PLASTIC FEED

STOCK.

>> ANYTHING THAT IS MADE OF

PLASTIC IS MADE OF PLASTIC FEED

STOCK WHETHER IT'S YOUR

DETERIENT OR DRINK YOUR BOTTLED

WATER OR ANYTHING ELSE MADE OF

PLASTIC INCLUDING THE SIDING ON

YOUR HOUSE OR DECKING FOR THE

BACK OF YOUR HOUSE.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS CAN BE MADE

FROM THE RECYCLED FEED STOCK

THAT COMES FROM CARPET.

>> ROBYN GABEL IS A RESPONSE

TORE OF A --

SPONSOR THAT WOULD ROLL OUT THE

CARPET FOR THE COMPANIES TO COME

ILLINOIS TO DO THAT RECYCLING

WORK.

AND HEARING SEVERAL SAID THEY

WOULD COME TO ILLINOIS AND IN

THE MEANWHILE MAKE GOOD USE OF

VACANT WAREHOUSE SPACE AND

CREATE A LOT OF JOBS IF ILLINOIS

PASSES A MEASURE TO MAKE IT

COMMERCIALLY FEASIBLE.

SHE SAYS THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR

THE ENVIRONMENT, TOO.

>> THE GOAL OF THIS LAW IS

AGGRESSIVE.

IT IS TO ACHIEVE A CARPET

RECYCLING RATE IN ILLINOIS OF

25% BY THE END OF 2026.

ACHIEVING THIS GOAL MEANS

ILLINOIS WOULD REDUCE GREENHOUSE

GAS EMISSIONS BY 146,560 METRIC

TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE

EQUIVALENT EACH YEAR.

>> CARPET STEWARDSHIP ACT CALLS

FOR PRODUCERS TO FINANCE THIS

RECYCLING PROGRAM.

GRADY SAYS IT IS THE

RESPONSIBILITY OF MANUFACTURERS

AND WITH THEIR PAYING THE TAB HE

SAYS CARPET RECYCLING WOULD COME

AT NO COST AND NO EXTRA

INCONVENIENCE TO CUSTOMERS.

>> CARPET COMES TO YOUR HOUSE

AND PUTS NEW FLOORING IN, PUTS

NEW CARPET IN AND TAKES THE OLD

CARPET AND PADDING OUT, NOTHING

IS GOING TO CHANGE FOR THE

CONSUMER.

THE INSTALLER WILL TAKE IT TO

THE SAME LANDFILL AND TRANSFER

STATION AND WHATEVER ELSE THEY

WERE TAKING IT BEFORE.

NOW THOSE PLACES THAT THEY TOOK

IT, WOULD BE REGISTERED AS

COLLECTORS BY THE STATE AND THEY

WOULD THEN MAKE DIVERT ON-SITE

THE CARPET AWAY FROM THE REST OF

THE GARBAGE THAT COMES IN.

AND THEN THE RECYCLING PART

WOULD COME AND HAUL THAT STUFF

OFF TO BEGIN BREAKING IT DOWN.

>> ILLINOIS MANUFACTURERS

ASSOCIATION C.E.O. MARK DENZLER

SAYS APPLICANTS ARE TRYING TO

PULL THE WOOL OVER CONSUMERS

EYES.

IF PRODUCERS COSTS RISE THAT

WILL BE PASSED ON TO CUSTOMERS.

>> THERE ARE NO TWO WAYS ABOUT

IT NOTHING IS FREE IN THIS WORLD

AS YOU KNOW.

AND THIS IS A TIME WHERE WE'RE

SEEING RECORD INFLATION AND

INFLATION RISE AT 7.5%.

THE HIGHEST SINCE 1982.

WE THINK IT'S THE WRONG TIME TO

IMPOSE NEW TAXES AND FEES ON

CONSUMERS WHO WANT TO PUT CARPET

IN THEIR HOMES.

>> HE SAYS THE IMPACT ON

LANDFILLS MAY NOT BE HUGE BUT IT

COULD HAVE A VERY BIG IMPACT ON

BOTH CONSUMERS THE COSTS AND

ALSO ON JOBS THAT NEED TO BE

PROTECTED.

ILLINOIS DOESN'T ACTUALLY HAVE

CARPET MANUFACTURERS BUT MARK

DENZLER SAYS AN INDUSTRY OF

CARPET DEALERS AND INSTALLERS

WOULD FEEL THE PAIN IF CARPET

SALES SLIDE.

CALIFORNIA IMPLEMENTED A SIMILAR

PROGRAM AND THE DATA FROM THERE

SHOWS THAT PRICES WENT UP AND

CARPET SALES DROPPED 30%.

>> IT'S BEEN IN PLACE BY THINGS

PRODUCED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED

STATES THIS IS AN ANTI-AMERICAN

MANUFACTURING BILL THAT IS GOING

TO FORCE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO BUY

CHEAPER PRODUCTS THAT ARE

PRODUCED OVERSEAS AS OPPOSED TO

CARPET PRODUCED IN THE UNITED

STATES.

YOU HAVE CARPET ACCOUNTS FOR

LESS THAN 2% OF ALL LANDFILL IN

THE UNITED STATES.

BUT IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE AND

HEAVY.

>> AND HE SAYS THAT IF CARPET IS

LEFT OUT AND GETS WET IT CANNOT

BE REUSED.

ALL ISSUES THAT MAKES CARPET

RECYCLING COMPLICATED.

HE SAYS THAT THERE IS --

THAT IS AMONG THE REASONS THAT

ILLINOIS ATTEMPTS TO INSTITUTE

SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAVE STALLED

IN THE RECENT PAST.

ADVOCATES SAY THAT ILLINOIS IS

POISED TO BE A LEADER IN THE

MIDWEST AND THE SO-CALLED

CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND THAT

LEGISLATORS SHOULD BE PRIMED TO

WELCOME NEW MANUFACTURING JOBS

HEAVIER SUSPEND PROTECTING